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Highway superintendent’s bookkeeper position renamed; two administrative assistant pay tiers approved
Summary
Blackford County Council approved renaming the Highway Department Bookkeeper to Administrative Assistant with two pay tiers—$24.58/hour with a CDL and $21.50/hour without—for inclusion in the driver/operator account where appropriate.
Highway Superintendent John Pluimer asked the council to change the Bookkeeper classification to Administrative Assistant and to adopt two pay rates: $24.58 per hour for an Administrative Assistant with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) and $21.50 per hour for one without a CDL.
The minutes record that "Administrative Assistant with CDL at $24.58/hour and Administrative Assistant without CDL at $21.50/hour" were proposed. Ryan Goodspeed moved to add those classifications and pay rates, placing the CDL position into the driver/operator account; Patrick Cale seconded, and the motion passed 6–0. The minutes do not list anticipated headcount changes or immediate budgetary impact beyond incorporating the rates into the salary ordinance.
County staff will need to update the salary ordinance and payroll records to reflect the new titles and rates before the 2026 budget adoption.
